Roger Federer skips Wimbledon to rock out at Bruce Springsteen gig

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Roger Federer skips Wimbledon to rock out at Bruce Springsteen gig
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The tennis ace joined Peter Gabriel, Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi - and thousands of fans - to watch the concert in London's Hyde Park.

Eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer took a break from the tournament as he joined thousands of fans to watch Bruce Springsteen perform at London's Hyde Park.

The tennis ace joined the likes of Peter Gabriel, Billy Joel and Jon Bon Jovi in the VIP section during the three-hour set from the veteran US rocker on Thursday night.'s debut performance at the British Summer Time festival, and comes ahead of a second performance at the park on Saturday night.Federer is currently in town for Wimbledon and on Tuesdaytold the crowd it had been"amazing" to have his former rival come and watch - while he also dubbed him"tennis royalty".

It came after the band invited him up to play percussion on their song Don't Panic - and was greeted with a rapturous response from the audience., which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.

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